...Romeo and Juliet Compare to Contrast Shakespeare, a playwright who wrote a play by the name of Romeo and Juliet, along with movie producers who brought the play to a screen, helped the story of a tragedy be widely known. Moreover, the story of Romeo and Juliet is of forbidden teen lovers whose families are in a rivalry, so much so, that the cause of the two teenagers’ suicides is a direct and indirect result of the feud. However, though; both the literature and movies of this play explain the same story, they have more than just similarities, for an individual may also note the differences between the original creation and adapted creations. Therefore, by noting these distinct disparities and parallels of the literature and a singular cinema...
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...In the song “Michelle” and in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet there is a male character who is expressing his love towards a female character. They both are examples on how males first express their affection towards someone. The song “Michelle” is by Paul McCartney. “Michelle” is about a male who is expressing his love towards a female character and how he needs her in his life. The play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was written by Shakespeare. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is about a male named Romeo who is expressing his love for a young female named Juliet. Considering both of the sources males typically express their emotions verbally when there is a strong sense of need, affection, or attraction towards someone. In the song the...
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...One distinct difference between Winston and Julia, and Romeo and Juliet, is how they met and fell in love. Winston met Julia at his work and from the first time he saw her, he hated her. Winston even wanted to kill her once, because he believed she was a spy from the Thought Police. His anger quickly changed to love when she secretly handed him a note containing the message, "I love you." Upon receiving this note Winston became obsessed with Julia, constantly trying to find ways to meet with her and worrying that she would lose interest in him. After much careful planning, Winston and Julia were able to meet, yet only talked for less than a minute and in a very business like manner. Eventually they found ways to meet a couple times a week for a few hours each time. Romeo and Juliet, on the other hand, met at a party. Romeo was looking at the fish in an aquarium when he spotted Juliet on the other side. He was stunned by her amazing beauty and could not take his eyes of her. She eventually saw him through the aquarium and was very attracted to him. They both fell in love at first sight and were married soon after. One similarity both these couples share is that their love is forbidden. Winston was a married man, and even though he does not live with his wife, the Party would kill both Winston and Julia if they found out abut their love for one other. And even if Winston wasn't married, love and marriage is frowned upon by the Party, but is allowed in order for there to be...
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...There are such a significant number of wrong things about the affection that Romeo and Juliet had. They said they cherished each other, yet I don't locate that conceivable. For a specific something, the adoration that Romeo felt for Rosaline was not loved. Second, Shakespeare does not precisely clarify love exceptionally well or its meaning. Thirdly, Juliet and Romeo were never infatuated, plain and basic. What's more, fourthly, characterizing fixation. Unmistakably, Shakespeare has confused love for captivation in this play. For one thing, the 'affection' that Romeo felt for Rosaline was certainly not real love. He just firmly appreciated her from a separation, not having the capacity to get nearer. She never felt anything for him...
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...No! This cannot be! Oh Juliet, my dear fair lady Juliet! I can’t believe it. Although you lie there in your tomb, within moments it feels like you would flutter open your eyes and run over to me with your smile that is too bright for my mortal eyes. I deny it. This cannot be true! With you gone how am I able to live on? You keep my blood running, you are the one who keeps me breathing, you are the one who bestowed life upon me again. How I wish to hold you again, please, just one more time at least. Your delicate arms entwined with mine. Your eyes, deeper than the midnight sky but far brighter than the Sun, Sirius and Canopus. Your delicate nose, your soft peach cheeks and your lips which pale the bright roses in full bloom. You yourself shone divinely and mystically just like the twinkle of Venus during sunrises and sunsets....
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...Post-modernism in Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet: a comparison of two creative works from two different periods. In 1996, Baz Luhrmann directed “Romeo + Juliet”, a modern twist on the famous tragedy play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare in 1597, in which the main characters Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet where portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. While some praise the strange interpretation of the old tale, there are also those who condemn the rendition as destructive and disrespectful to the great work of Shakespeare. There will always be two sides to every story and this study will take that into consideration as well as comparing the two different yet similar works to see how post modernism has played a role in Luhrmann’s version of Romeo and Juliet. Postmodernism has been given many definitions. Some say it’s simply the outlook that the generation of late twenty first century has on life which entails the mistrust and dismissal of theories that existed before such as religion, ethics and law. According to these youths, the difference between right and wrong or what the meaning of life is based solely on that individual’s perspective. In film, the idea of postmodernism is somewhat similar as it’s an artist medium in which to undermine social norms and present one’s individual belief. The difference lies in that postmodernism in film concerns bringing in many aspects of popular culture to produce something...
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...In the play Romeo and Juliet, there are several themes shown as well as forms of figurative language used to show them. When writing, Shakespeare uses figurative language in the form of metaphors, similes, personification, and imagery in order to advance the overall theme, the brutality of love. The brutality of love in this play is that a boy who may seem to be fully committed to one girl, can so easily turn to be in love with another when he is not given his way, as well as the fact that love may not always last forever when the fate of love is put in the hands of other people, and there are always outside forces urging the two of them to stay away from each other. All of this is seen occurring very early in Romeo and Juliet, and continues...
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...of the Function of Speed in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is an avalanche. As a loose pebble in the snowcapped mountain wobbles in the wind, Romeo yodels to Juliet in the cliffs just to send it tumbling, lightly, down a vertical abyss. It does not end there, of course, for this pebble held back the rocks and boulders constituting the height of the peak, and the reaction now begins as each individual stone rolls with momentum. They pick up speed and snow, growing in velocity and size until the inevitable occurs and Romeo and Juliet are engulfed in the upheaval and finished forever. William Shakespeare’s version of the play Romeo and Juliet, taken from Arthur Brooke’s play similarly titled Romeus and Juliet, is a fast paced tragedy in which a boy and girl from two feuding families meet, fall in love, bond in matrimony, and commit suicide in a matter of four days. Compared to the nine-month romance that takes place in Brooke’s play, Shakespeare’s version is a consciously hastened piece of work during which the most significant parts of a young couple’s lives begin and end in less than one week. Speed, a well-utilized literary tool in Shakespeare’s play, serves to emphasize emotion, as opposed to reason, in the characters’ decisions. Through this device, Shakespeare demonstrates his skills as a playwright by showing control of time in the play. Perhaps the most well known episode in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the balcony scene is a prime example of passionate...
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...In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare employs poetic language such as similes and metaphors to convey the newly formed, passionate, and emotional connection between Romeo and Juliet. Romeo reveals his lust for Juliet through the use of a metaphor. When Romeo catches sight of Juliet on her balcony he whispers to himself, “It is the East, and Juliet is the sun” (69). By comparing Juliet to the sun, a glowing orb of light, the audience is able to recognize Romeo’s passion towards Juliet. Through the comparison of Juliet and the sun, the audience sees that Juliet lights up Romeo’s life, that was once filled with grief as a result of love. The two lovers have already developed a relationship and Shakespeare was able to express the blossoming love through...
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...and universal. William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is one such text that uses the play form to address the impact of emotions overruling people’s thoughts and decisions. Shakespeare, demonstrating how their love is destroyed by the irrational hatred created by society, explores the impetuous and romantic love of Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare examines the complexity of love and the inevitability of fate through the ingenious use of literary and dramatic techniques. Love is a convoluted emotion that sparks intense feelings of passion. The understanding of the emotion, its causes and consequences is timelessly relevant. The obsessive nature of love is...
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...You may have read the famous Shakespearian play Romeo and Juliet and not thought much of it. The well-known Tragedy actually relates to many other works of literature. The movie Dead Poets Society is a very good example of a similar story. The stories take place in different times and have totally different characters, but they have many plot points which make them very similar. How would 2 forbidden lovers from the Renaissance compare to adolescent boys attending a prep school? Although Romeo and Juliet and Dead Poets Society have a seemingly unrelated plot, there are actually many similarities to them in the form of love, relationships, and tragedy. The first comparison between the movie and the play would be through love. Romeo and Juliet’s...
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...Fleeting Love In Act 2 of the tragic play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, two star-crossed lovers begin their whirlwind romance. After meeting Juliet at the Capulet party, Romeo Montague confesses his love to her, and despite his awkward, somewhat unconventional confession, Juliet’s reciprocated feelings are also revealed, and the two are married the next morning. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to the ever-oblivious Romeo, his new cousin-in-law, Tybalt, sends him a letter demanding a duel. Time plays a menacing force in the play, and drives the protagonists to rush their relationship. Two acts of the play pass in just two days, creating fast-paced action The sun and the moon, two opposite celestial beings, are destined to chase each other, falling into a cycle, never managing to truly catch the other. In this way, the orbs are similar to Romeo and Juliet, who face an obstacle at every turn in their dizzying...
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...the Characters in Romeo and Juliet and the Speakers in the Sonnets You Have Studied In: English and Literature Explore the Different Attitudes to Love Are Presented by the Characters in Romeo and Juliet and the Speakers in the Sonnets You Have Studied Explore the different attitudes to love are presented by the characters in Romeo and Juliet and the speakers in the sonnets you have studied. Love is presented through the use of characters, themes, linguistic, structural and contextual references. That pieces are ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written by William Shakespeare, ‘Sonnet 116’ by William Shakespeare again, ‘Sonnet 43’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, ‘Sonnet 130’ by Shakespeare and also ‘Sonnet 18’ again by Shakespeare. They were all written in the time that was considered the Elizabethan Era. A religious theme is set in both Romeo and Juliet and sonnet 43 to convey the attitudes to love. In Romeo and Juliet the theme of religion is used to express their love between each other and suggesting it is similar to religion can impose that it is a life-long commitment and will always be there even if they lose faith. At that time their attitude towards religion was very strong and it was their integral, which links to the love between Romeo and Juliet that now they have found it fully they will be part of each other’s’ lives for eternity. In Act 2, scene 2 Romeo states that Juliet’s eyes were “Two of the fairest stars in all of heaven” this is conveying that Juliet is angelic. Angels...
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...Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Pre-reading 1. Vocabulary: Match word and definition. Words that may come in handy. Match the words in the left column with the explanations in the right column, and write the word over the definition. imagery | Word: Simile a comparison using “like” or “as” | soliloquy | Word: Run-on lines which the sense runs from one line to the next; lines which are not end-stopped. | blank verse | Word: Assonance the repetition of vowel sounds | tragic flaw | Word: Imagery language that produces pictures in the imaginations of people reading or listening | scene | Word: Blank verse unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter | personification | Word: Dramatic irony difference between the situation as known to the audience and as supposed by some or all the characters of the play | stage | Word: Rhyming couplet two lines of verse of equal length that rhyme one after the other | assonance | Word: Dialogue verbal exchange between two or more characters on the stage | antithesis | Word: Iambic Pentameter a ten syllable line of verse with five stresses: di dum, di dum, di dum, di dum, di dum | metaphor | ...
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...First, Romeo just avenged Mercutio's death, by killings Tybalt, but he realizes how bad he just messed up. Likewise, Romeo may now realize his fate hasiiii changed, and the idea of death or banishment away from Juliet seemed to cruel of punishment. He won the prize by getting married to Juliet, but he is a "fool" because he will not enjoy a life with her. Thus, Romeo came to this realization after Benvolio warns Romeo to leave, because " The Prince will he doom thee death" ( Act 3, Scene 1). Therefore, after Romeo kills Tybalt, his punishment of being exiled, caused chaos around both families, and became the obstacle between Romeo and Juliet. Furthermore, Romeo feels like being banished is worse than death, due to, Verona being the "Heaven"...
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